J J Abrams had assured fans that last month’s full trailer was the last we would be seeing of the film until it hit our screens. But a new two minute trailer that has appeared on the Japanese Disney website has revealed completely new shots of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

On the planet Jakku, where we have already seen the hero of the piece Rey (played by Daisy Ridley) walk across a desert accompanied by the new droid BB-8 and scavenge her way through the abandoned shell of an AT-AT, there is a new scene in which she asks the droid “where do you come from.” She also gazes up at the remains of a previously unseen ship. In a further clip where Rey and Finn (John Boyega) run through a Jakku market, BB-8 seems to be warning them of something, and we hear the droid's voice for the first time in a babbling whistle similar to R2-D2's speech.

The voiceover in which Rey described herself as “no-one” is extended so that she goes on to say “I know all about waiting… For my family.” This will no doubt be grist to the rumour-mill: Star Wars fans have been postulating for months about the character’s parentage, some saying that she may be the lost daughter of original characters Han Solo and Princess Leia.

Rey gazes up at the remains of an as yet unseen ship

In a separate scene Rey and Finn introduce themselves in the Millennium Falcon. (Last month’s trailer showed us the two of them together on it meeting the beloved starship’s pilot Solo.)

Finn gets to know Rey

A sunrise on Jakku is reminiscent of the Tatooine shots from Episode IV. A similar golden sky – this time at sunset – is later beset by First Order Ti Fighters.

Ti Fighters in Jakku Credit:
Disney

Previously released material makes it clear that, in the world of the new movie, events from the original episodes have been forgotten, or moved more into the realm of legend or lore. Here we hear a character say “there were stories about what happened,” at which point we are given a glimpse of Leia and C-3PO, with new character ace X Wing pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) standing between them.

C-3PO, Po Dameron and Princess Leia in the Resistance base

As far as the dark side of the Force goes, Kylo Ren adds in a line ot the start of his speech to Darth Vader's melted helmet: "we will fulfill our destiny", reinforcing the speculation that Ren is a relation of Vader and Luke. There is a striking image of a masked Kylo Ren raising his cross-guarded lightsaber to Rey’s neck. We can also see Chewbacca – who was captured along with Solo in previous footage – use a detonator in his hand, which destroys the window of a starship or control centre.

Could this explosion image follow on from one in the previous trailer?

What looks like Kylo Ren with two First Order guardsCredit:
Disney

The image also looks suspiciously like the other half of a long available shot in which two First Order figures stand either side of Ren, gazing into a red sky. But then, as the light preceding the explosion is green, this could be two shots cut together: one of which being Ti Fighter lasers destroying the window of the Falcon or the Resistance base where we see C-3PO and Leia.